AI Engineer, New Grad (2026 start), Materia AI

<strong>Summary<br><br></strong>Are you excited about building AI-driven software that revolutionizes the way professionals work? Join a dynamic and highly skilled team at Thomson Reuters, where we combine the agility and innovation of a startup with the stability and resources of a global leader. As an AI Product Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing AI-powered systems that enhance accounting workflows through automation, intelligence, and seamless orchestration.<br><br><strong>About The Role<br><br></strong>In this role as an AI Engineer, you will:<br><br><strong>Innovate in a Startup-Like Environment:</strong> Be part of a fast-moving, forward-thinking group that is creating AI-driven software for accounting professionals. You’ll work with top AI and software development experts, leveraging cutting-edge technology to build intelligent and scalable systems. This role is for the CoCounsel for the Accounting team, formed from the recent acquisition of the startup Materia.<br><br><strong>Collaborate Across Functions: </strong>Work closely with AI/ML engineers, frontend developers, product managers, and designers to build robust services that support generative AI experiences. Help build out our core AI interfaces, including Conversations, Workspaces, Grid, and Knowledge Base.<br><br><strong>Learn and Grow:</strong> Ramp up with a mentor and a world-class engineering team into software engineering best practices. You'll be expected to quickly transition into contributing independently and with high standards for quality, testing, and user experience.<br><br><strong>About You<br><br></strong>You are a fit for the position of AI Engineer if your background includes:<br><br><strong>Required Experience & Skills<br><br></strong><ul><li>You will graduate in Fall 2025 or Spring/Summer 2026 with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.</li><li>You have had 1 or more relevant internships, co-ops, or other industry experience.</li><li>Strong programming skills with at least one of Python or Typescript.</li><li>Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools, such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot.</li><li>Demonstrated teamwork skills and communication skills, e.g., through group projects.</li><li>Passion for AI-driven software and new engineering paradigms.</li><li>An adaptable, creative problem solver who enjoys exploring new technologies.</li><li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Skills & Experience<br><br></strong><ul><li>Demonstrated project ownership experience via side projects, hackathons, etc.</li><li>Experience building generative AI products, agent-based architectures, or AI APIs from providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.</li><li>Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, or search-based AI.</li><li>Experience with our tech stack -- Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS, Vercel, Next.js/React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS<br><br></li></ul><strong>Note:</strong> Thomson Reuters is unable to provide sponsorship for this position now or in the future.<br><br><strong>What’s in it For You?<br><br></strong><ul><li>Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.</li><li>Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.</li><li>Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.</li><li>Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.</li><li>Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.</li><li>Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. </li><li>Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.<br><br></li></ul><strong>About Us<br><br></strong>Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.<br><br>We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.<br><br>As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.<br><br>We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.<br><br>Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here.<br><br>More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.<br><br>

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